Spark plug torque value for 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Van, V8 5.2L

> The Haynes manual says its 30 Ft-Lbs and it looks a bit on the higher
> side to me. Can anybody who has done the job before confirm it.

25-30ft.lbs. is about right... I go by another rule of thumb... if the
spark plug uses a crush washer, I go finger tight plus a half-turn. If it
uses a flat washer, go finger-tight plus 1/16 of a turn.

You can use a bit of anti-sieze if you want - but I've never found it all
that necessary... most decent plugs will already have a coating on the
threads, and if they're changed when they're supposed to be (every 30K miles
or 2 years), siezing (in iron heads, anyway) is rarely a problem.
Over-torque 'em, or leave 'em in for 100K, and yeah... you just might wind
up snapping them off.
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Tom Lawrence wrote:

> You can use a bit of anti-sieze if you want - but I've never found it all
> that necessary.

I haven't either except in the case of aluminum heads. Dissimilar
metals leads to galling.
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> I haven't either except in the case of aluminum heads. Dissimilar metals
> leads to galling.

Without a doubt... aluminum heads are a whole different story. Never try
pulling plugs from a hot (or even warm) engine with aluminum heads - always
do it cold.
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30 ft-lbs pounds might be a little too much. My book calls for 30
inch-pounds, which is about finger tight plus 1/16 of a turn. I didn't
believe it either, but I did it anyway expecting many leaks. Nothing bad
happened. I was happy.


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> The Haynes manual says its 30 Ft-Lbs and it looks a bit on the higher
> side to me. Can anybody who has done the job before confirm it.

25-30ft.lbs. is about right... I go by another rule of thumb... if the
spark plug uses a crush washer, I go finger tight plus a half-turn. If it
uses a flat washer, go finger-tight plus 1/16 of a turn.

You can use a bit of anti-sieze if you want - but I've never found it all
that necessary... most decent plugs will already have a coating on the
threads, and if they're changed when they're supposed to be (every 30K miles
or 2 years), siezing (in iron heads, anyway) is rarely a problem.
Over-torque 'em, or leave 'em in for 100K, and yeah... you just might wind
up snapping them off.
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> 30 ft-lbs pounds might be a little too much. My book calls for 30
> inch-pounds, which is about finger tight plus 1/16 of a turn. I didn't
> believe it either, but I did it anyway expecting many leaks. Nothing bad
> happened. I was happy.

The FSM indicated 30 foot pounds (31 Newton-meters). It has no listing in
the inch pounds column. This is for factory plugs, which do use a crush
washer. Perhaps you mis-read it.
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> The FSM indicated 30 foot pounds (31 Newton-meters). It has no
> listing in the inch pounds column. This is for factory plugs, which
> do use a crush washer. Perhaps you mis-read it.

The FSM is wrong on one of those torque figures. 30 ft/lbs is about 40.7 Nm,
and 31 Nm is about 22.9 ft/lbs.
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>> The FSM indicated 30 foot pounds (31 Newton-meters). It has no
>> listing in the inch pounds column. This is for factory plugs, which
>> do use a crush washer. Perhaps you mis-read it.
>
> The FSM is wrong on one of those torque figures. 30 ft/lbs is about 40.7
> Nm, and 31 Nm is about 22.9 ft/lbs.

The FSM isn't wrong - I just can't type It says 41Nm.

In the immortal words or the late great Don Adams, "Sorry about that, Chief"
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> "Sorry about that, Chief"

You're worth two 43s, 86.
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